How I would learn Spanish (if I could start over)

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i'm fluent in spanish now, but in my opinion, i did it all wrong. here's how i'd go about it if i had another shot. spanish was the first foreign language i learned, so looking back i really had no idea HOW to learn languages! as a seasoned language learner, i've not only learned the languages themselves, but also how to learn them more efficiently. (believe it or not, this polyglot thing gets easier the more you learn.) thanks for watching :)
00:00 i have no idea how i learned Spanish.
00:48 speak from day one! (yes you can.)
1:53 speak even to yourself
2:10 record your progress!
2:50 don't be scared to speak with natives
3:38 stick to a specific dialect!
5:36 learn spanish through stories
6:10 learn REAL Spanish on Jiveworld
8:00 STOP obsessing over grammar
8:41 the grammar you NEED to know:
9:30 don't try to learn EVERY new word
11:00 learn vocabulary by topics
11:41 studying in school is a trap
13:08 comment your Spanish trauma down below
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💌 about me: my name is Elysse, I'm 23 years old from the southern U.S. I've been learning languages for about 8 years, and I speak English (native), Spanish (C2), German (B2/C1), French (C1), Portuguese (B2), American Sign Language (advanced), and Turkish (A1). I'm interested in learning Hebrew, Chinese, Georgian, and maybe Náhuatl as well :)
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[@elyssespeaks]

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[@falakhameed701]

0😅😮😮😮😮:53

[@loirinff1531]

I’m learning english and I’m pretty happy that i could understood 90% of the video❤❤❤

[@StudyingIsFun]

Congratulations!!!

[@dari0073]

Congrats :)

[@loganjohnson4642]

Hey just to help you it would be “could understand”. Once the first verb is conjugated then the next one doesn’t need to be.

[@jimmyyeates5260]

​@loganjohnson4642 or take the could out and have "I understood" to be fair I didn't even notice till I read your comment

[@loganjohnson4642]

@@jimmyyeates5260 Yeah but I figured he wanted to express the can part. I only mentioned it because it’s a common thing I see with English as a second language speakers. My friend will say stuff like “did you went to the store” instead of “did you go to the store”

[@amauriherrera6022]

As a native Mexican I tell people to imagine Lego blocks. You have your core blocks in the sentences and you just change the end or the beginning of your block sequence. Change colors, mix and match and so on as you get better in the language. The most basic structure in all Spanish is always: Who? What? When/Where/Why? Subject, Verb, Context-in case it wasn't clear above. Spanish is hard to learn for people with language background where there is no articles (particle users are fine) and verb placements don't have defined gender, tenses or placement structures.

[@successbassey6675]

Gracias amigo.

[@patersr]

I've been learning Spanish for 6 years, but in the last year I've made a huge jump in my comprehension levels.... and I think it's because I finally realised that learning a language isn't an intellecutal exercise... it's much more like learning to drive a car... when you first start to learn to drive it's so awkward... and you have to think of everything and none of it works... but after you've done a lot of driving you can suddenly drive, while listening to a podcast, arguing with your partner and texting your friend that you're going to be late... you learn to drive by doing a lot of driving... every day... a year ago I encountered "Story Learning" or Input-based learning and it just clicked... you learn a language by hearing it and reading it... that's how we got good at our own native language... but I do agree with Elysse that you should start speaking as soon as possible... until you've tried to force your 30k word vocab out of your mouth through your 500 word Spanish vocab you haven't really learned anything....

[@oumietouray9476]

What can I read as a beginner

[@NehauonElAprendizDelMundo]

@@oumietouray9476search up Spanish comprehensible input

[@seochangbinsarms]

@@oumietouray9476honestly you could read Spanish children’s stories, or watch Spanish cartoons, those usually have simple language so as a beginner it would be good for listening and comprehension

[@FireAndLightning]

That's a great comparison!

[@dabreadwinna80]

Makes sense

[@nataliewritesplans]

I'm Mexican-American. Both sets of grandparents spoke Spanish, but never taught it to my parents since they weren't allowed to speak it in school growing up. I wish I would've tried to learn Spanish from them before they passed. One of my biggest insecurities is not knowing Spanish. Going to give it a go. Thank you for your videos!

[@kunlea228]

Wishing you the best on your learning journey! I’m starting as well! god bless.

[@l0vsrat]

i am in the same position as you. wishing us both luck!

[@aliceinwonderland1120]

High school Spanish was the best experience of my life. One year of Spanish in my senior year gave me a foundation that has lasted for decades. And la Senora Choplin gave me insights into Mexican culture and etiquette that have served me so well.

[@elyssespeaks]

Glad it worked for you!

[@niviachilds-english3784]

Same here

[@georgezee5173]

The "talking to yourself" advice is actually a very good one I've done myself both with a couple of languages (one of them being English). It helps strengthening your "brain muscle" by getting used to construct more complex sentences on the fly and practicing pronounciation with a more elaborated context (not just repeating isolated words or groups of words).

[@blankb.2277]

I don't think it matters that much when you start speaking. It's not that I think it's harmful at the beginning, I just think it's a waste of time. Some people find it motivating to speak right away and some find it motivating to wait until they have at least some instincts on how to self-correct. I definitely waited, but it wasn't an anti-social or psychological thing, I just wanted to use my time effectively.

[@user-po4jc2mm4z]

I totally agree with ur standpoint, for me start talking at the very beginning it's pointless. Cuz at that phase of ur Journey u have no words to articulate urself well. So if I'll start talking at that time I would repeating the same statments over and over again.if I'll talk at the very beginning it would be benefical in one case if ur trying to practice ur pronouncation. Otherwise u need to exploit this phase to work on assemble ur vocab. and to not brood way too much over when ur gonna talk!

[@diederdas27]

Okay but that’s just your opinion. Other people’s brains work differently, and neither options are better or worse than one another

[@blankb.2277]

@@diederdas27 Okay? I literally said in my post that it's different for everyone and not to stress too much about when you start speaking. It was the woman in this video who presented her opinion as a broadly applying fact. I think the idea that people who wait are just waiting the "perfect moment" so they don't have to deal with social embarrassment is just a small group in the language learning community and most people are just waiting until they have a few hundred hours of exposure under their belt so the time they do speak is more effective.

[@amskaylen6847]

@@diederdas27 of course, but if youre a complete beginner theres literally no point in trying to speak unless youve learned some basic vocab first. Im currently trying to juggle korean and spanish, its hard to speak if you dont know words lol. The best thing to do is get your vocab up and then its more encouraging when you actually try speaking, i remember trying to speak korean really early on and it just made me feel bad because i couldnt properly form a sentence when i didnt have enough words.

[@elyssespeaks]

i definitely find it motivating especially when paired with native input!

[@fabian1019]

I'm a native Spanish speaker, but I think these tips are gonna be useful to learn other languages as well.

[@why9886]

Useful video and great tips. Thank you, Elysse. After two months of hiatus, thank you from the heart🙏

[@hannina.studies]

I watched this video before school today and I was so happy you posted again. I kept refreshing my feed everyday and this morning I finally saw a new video :) I love watching your videos, thank you so much! Your advice is so helpful to me, as I’m currently learning French and Spanish. Viele Grüße aus Deutschland!

[@elyssespeaks]

that’s wonderful 🫶 thanks for looking out for my videos 😇

[@daviddaytona]

I could not agree more over the uphill battle Spanish 101 in school was. I'd not thought of this until now, but even English grammar classes in school made me feel like I may as well be learning Latin. There are so many excellent points in this video and I'm so happy to have found it. Thank you for posting Elysse!

[@577zkerr]

Preach! I got onto my fourth language before this started to hit home and I took this advice seriously.

[@janelle.loves.languages]

Yeah I took 6 years of middle school/high school Spanish…I got straight As and I’d still say I really started to learn Spanish when I started immersing with Netflix haha

[@yourtypeofpeople7705]

my exact situation!

[@dabreadwinna80]

How did you do it? Can you break it down ...like a show you like or how you actually learned from Netflix for a beginner?

[@janelle.loves.languages]

@@dabreadwinna80 I watch shows for adults in Spanish like La Casa De Papel but I wouldn’t recommend that to a beginner. It will be quite painful because you will have to stop every two seconds to look up words. I recommend starting with very easy content to listen to that’s made for beginners in Spanish (think Dreaming Spanish KZbin channel or even mp3s of graded readers or even use an app like Speechify to have graded readers read out loud to you in Spanish) Then you can work your way up after that to kids shows in Spanish on Netflix that have less complicated vocabulary and speak slower (annunciate more) and then finally you will be ready to enjoy adult shows in Spanish on Netflix with very little stress. Hope that helps!

[@rosiey4710]

Your advice makes so much sense. I have the same takeaways looking back how I learned English.

[@NatariMirumura]

This was so helpful! Your tips helped me center myself on where to begin. I took Spanish classes years ago in school, and want to get back into the swing of things to learn Spanish fluently. But I was having such a hard time feeling overwhelmed, and not really knowing where to effectively start. Now I feel like I can develop more of a routine. Thank you so much for sharing!!!

[@GlobalSpanishPortuguese]

We can help you to learn Spanish fluently, we offer conversational courses with amazing native teachers! :)

[@jacobaeden]

i took 4 spanish classes in uni (which is equivalent to B1), it was productive but stressful. whatever ive learnt, i can still remember most of it including conjugation and the speaking practice in class was enjoyable but the listening/written/oral tests were so stressful

[@ilovej0rts]

Thank you sm!! I've been studying spanish for awhile now but i feel like i've been making zero progress. Definitely going to try speaking to myself more often.

[@elyssespeaks]

it’s a simple step but it helps :)

[@GlobalSpanishPortuguese]

Let us help you! :)

[@siphomlambo9534]

I think this is wonderful advice. I am very early in my journey and can already agree with some of the stuff that you are saying, like not going grammar crazy. I do grammar and when I am tiered of it I leave it and do something else like listen to stories and then come back to grammar. I have started talking to myself and have planned a month from now to start doing meetups no matter what - so that it is motivating and as a target and will also stop me from keep delaying due to fear of embarrassment. I really agree about learning in context and also about dialect. I now only study Spanish from Spain because that is where I want to live and being in London Spain is accessible to me. I am going to give Jiveworld a go.

[@Tehui1974]

Thanks for the tip about Jiveworld, I'll check it out. I only started learning Spanish 4 months ago. I've already learnt another language to fluency as an adult, so I'm an experienced language learner. However, I'm always on the look out for good Spanish content.

[@kiragillett8338]

También estoy por hablar desde el inicio del aprendizaje. Sólo he estado aprendiendo el español por 3 años, y de estos 3 años, lo hablé por 2/2.5. No estoy segura de que nivel yo alcance hasta ahora. B2 pero no tengo ni idea cuando me debería considerar a mi misma como la que hable con fluidez. Hago voluntario al jardín comunitario como interprete (porque no hay nada que está en juego), pero aún voy mejorando mucho. A veces, encuentro que tengo un vocabulario más amplio que mi colega estadounidense-latina pero ella habla con mucha más naturaleza, incluso cuando comete errores. Opino que puedo decir que hablo el idioma porque manejo la vida cotidiana bastante bien sin el inglés, pero falto el sentido de naturaleza/comodidad. Todavía gasto energía en construir mis pensamientos y ideas en español y en cuanto a ciertos temas me cuestan hablar con rapidez. Así que no pienso que tengo la fluidez en el idioma, pero asimismo mis habilidades de comprensión y la cantidad de temas de cual puedo tener una conversación, son más altas que el intercambio intermedio que me uní y que los recursos hechos para el estudiante. Dado todo esto, quise saber ¿cuando supiste que alcanzaste un nivel avanzado en español? Qué opinas de los exámenes/certificados de fluidez; son utiles o necesarios? Cuales son las señales que te dieron la sabiduría a reconocer cuando dirías alguien habla con fluidez? Al hablar con fluidez, todavía te cuesten ciertos temas o oraciones? Ósea, con respeto al hablar fluidamente, alguna vez has tenido que pensar en como expresarte? O sencillamente la diferencia entre fluidez y no, es de “qué digo” en vez de “cómo se lo dice”? Porfavor quiero escuchar más sobre este tema porque me quedo estancada en el abyss muy ancho entre “se puede hablar español lo suficiente para cualquier propósito” y “se puede hablar con la verdadera fluidez y parece que tiene otra mente que existe por dicho idioma”.

[@AngelaRPierce]

Great tips. You have vocalized some of the things I have thought about not overwhelming your brain. I will narrow my study to learn what is most useful, for the time being.

[@jdanielbby]

¡Gracias por todo! Esto es muy útil. Estoy aprendiendo español ahora y a veces me siento asustado y frustrado con mi camino para hablar español con fluidez, pero este video me da paz!

[@medpoclvr]

Soy hablante nativa del español y déjame decirte que lo estás haciendo muy bien, mucha suerte! 😊❤

[@chriswyatt9869]

Bit of a weird reply but having only just started learning, I’m pleasantly surprised and happy that I understood your comment

[@fal8458]

I took two college classes of Spanish and they helped me a lot I basically started learning seriously 4 years ago. I stopped taking Spanish to focus on my degree but really “upped” my Spanish speaking in day to day life which made my progress any rocket Yo quería aprender la lengua porque mis suegros son mexicanos y no saben inglés. Yo no me podía comunicar con ellos y era bien importante a mi para aprender la lengua. Todavía estoy aprendiendo pero cada día me mejoro. I wish I could go back and tell myself the subjunctive is a thing (I just found out) and that it’s important. Thankfully it’s actually been very easy for me to just adjust that. I kept feeling stuck and wasn’t sure why until I stumbled across the subjunctive, though I used it and heard it already just wasn’t sure the “why” behind it. I wish I could also tell myself to not be nervous about speaking to strangers in Spanish that people actually (most of the time) appreciate it and are impressed. Talk more, as said in this video. I only made REAL progress when I started speaking in Spanish. Translating at food banks and speaking with my Muñeco’s family.

[@mariasolasef4736]

muy interesante lo que comentas. Soy de Argentina y tengo un inglés fluente como tu español. Qué genial escucharte en inglés y responder en español porque sé que vas a entender jajajaja. Claramente lo que decís no me pasó en español, pero sí en el aprendizaje de inglés- Pero nunca lo había visto de ese modo. Ahora que voy a aprender italiano, voy a tener en cuenta tus recomendaciones. Abrazo!

[@languageishard]

If anyone is considering taking any language class in school, ask around and find out how the teachers are. I actually really enjoyed high school Spanish but, in my case, the teachers werent native speakers (they had learnt it as a second language and then got a degree in uni) so they were really passionate and understood the struggle. But my uni German profs were just awful. One of them was born and raised in Germany but got a Ph.D in German in the United States and i will never understand why you would do that 😅 that has nothing to do with her teaching, its just something that bothers me 😂

[@GlobalSpanishPortuguese]

I agree, we have passionate, friendly and native teachers from Latin America that love teaching.. they can help a lot...

[@miguelangelmendoza4075]

Tu español es sumamente bueno, cuando vi tus reels en instagram juraba que eras mexicana, im mexican, living in new zealand and trying to learn english, portugues and french

[@magdaelenalozoya3093]

Muy buen video! Como maestra de Español me ayudó mucho ver tu punto de vista y tu experiencia. Gracias!😘

[@camelbro]

You have super solid content. Thanks!

[@jasondorsey1357]

Good advice in this video, thanks

[@nfvjgrofgjvoldlkgvlo]

needs based is how i decide if I want to bother incorporating a new english word into my native vocabulary as well. If I cant imagine a single scenario where my life/ ability to express myself would improve if I add this word then I let it pass me by but if I think it can enrich me to start using it I will promptly use it in a sentence to myself and thats usually enough to get it into the roster.

[@chocofro3]

How would you implement grammar into studying? My routine for the last 13 months consisted of most of the things in this video and I was noticing exponential growth up until a few months ago. I feel stuck/limited. When trying to form new sentences in conversation it's clear I don't understand the grammar. Words in context isn't enough. And taking time away from my routine to try and study the grammar seems to have slowed everything down all together. I was just happy that I understood in real time the start of the video without looking at the subtitles. (But who can focus on subtitles with Elysse on the screen😍)

[@breannathiessen2391]

Im 14 and ive been wanting too learn for so long, thanks for the tips :)

[@na90723]

same here bestie ❤️

[@JaimeCarrillo-uu9jy]

It's surreal how your Spanish pronunciation sounds so native and you sound like a high class Mexican girl. I speak Spanish, I just ran into your video and I got curious.

[@Manays]

As a Mexican, I think I would NEVER pick up Spanish if I wasn’t a native speaker, just like German, I find it to have lots of minute details that can drive one crazy. I don’t know how one manages to speak it fluently, but I praise those people heavily.

[@Sage00946]

im a Dominican that grew up in the us and didnt speak Spanish growing up. i've had a hard time learning because of all of those small details. they dont stick in my head. all of my life i've been able to understand around an a1/a2 level but i can barely speak. i'm trying to actually learn it again. i've gone through many phases of trying

[@Manays]

@@Sage00946 wish you the best! Language learning is a long process, just keep listening and reading and you’ll succeed!

[@shep_roman]

thank you ! 🦋👐🏻

[@sallym3994]

Thank you so much for these tips. I first began learning Spanish in High School and my experience was not good. It was just learn vocab and how to translate verbs repeat everyday and listen to a speaker everyday and my Spanish teacher kept right to the book. I couldn't speak sentences just phrases here and there, and I couldn't figure out how to put my own sentence together as well as remembering vocab was difficult and listening to a native speaker I could never keep up at all to respond. I was like, what did you say ? These tips you gave will hopefully help me finally learn Spanish. Its been almost 20 years since High School Spanish for me and I was going to try to learn as I was taught in High School as thats all I knew. However, after I watched your video I feel like I will be able to actually learn it this time and looking forward to doing so more as I wasnt looking forward to repeating how Spanish class went in an unhelpful, unmotivated, boring unindividualized way to learn. I'm extremely excited to try your tips and follow your advice. Thank you. (If you're wondering I had Spanish in USA). Maybe other schools did better, but Im actually learning Spanish because its spoken in the area I live a lot and more people are hired because they speak both English and Spanish. I want to be able to use Spanish in my community and I actually will be focused on Mexican Spanish. I also want to learn it because I want my kids to begin learning it and my husband would benefit from learning it for his work too. I want my small family of four to be able to speak Spanish fluently and understand it. I don't want my kids to struggle like I did in high school, and this way, they will already know Spanish. Thank you for all the advice and suggestions.

[@starlight_rw]

Thank you!!

[@JorgeGarcia-lw7vc]

Love your accent and attitude. One tip is to start learning Spanish and go to Spain for a month, then go back to Mexico or Colombia, and everything will sound in slowmo, and you will just get it super quick! I agree with your so many points, although I tend to learn a lot more dialects when learning a language, in the end, though sticking with one. I m a native Spanish speaker, but learned French and Portuguese in high school. Saludos!

[@GlobalSpanishPortuguese]

Excellent tips to learn languages, they are very useful, what also helps is the constan interaction in conversational courses..At Global Spanish and Portuguese, students can practise and develop speaking and listening skills by being part of conversations with friendly native teachers :)

[@CandidoGuedes123]

Hey! I think that a great way to make us practice more our Spanish and other languages is to speak in that language and leave subtitles in English and that specific language. I learn much faster that way and I think you should do it :)

[@Fuadstar55]

Thank you for tips! much appreciated. I've been studying Spanish for a while now, and still can't stick to a certain accent/dialect. I'm based in the Middle East which is closer to Spain, but still not sure if I should learn the European or Latin accent :'D

[@jssmedialangs]

I know when I've heard people say speak from day 1 they literally meant have convos immediately. When I tried that with Mandarin (lang I'm currently restarting), it caused my speaking anxiety to worsen. Add a horrible lang partner and I was afraid to even talk to myself... 😫 But I definitely agree with just saying a few phrases to yourself. With the lessons... I was broke broke. 😭 However there ARE ways to learn stuff for the free, you just gotta look for them. And I'm 5 years in, finally decided on Colombian dialect. 😂 But lately I've been intrigued by Peruvian Spanish so who knows--it could change. 🤣 Great tips!! I'll be sharing!

[@holi9440]

Both Colombian and Peruvian are great because they are considered to be the best spanish amoung the other dialects.

[@kaera11]

​@@holi9440by who?😂

[@emmylou2269]

i have to take a spanish class every year in highschool because of a program i'm in. im currently a freshman taking spanish III honors. its not hard because everyone in my program has to take spanish III honors even though most of us havent taken spanish II or anything. so the teacher makes it easier for us. but i think next year its gonna start to get real and junior and senior year we have a test where we have to talk for 10 minutes in spanish about a given topic. so ig im just trying to learn it now while i can 😭. also i go to a school that has a ton of mexican students and learning the language is rlly gonna help me fit in. its rlly good though because since theres a ton of mexican students i hear mexican slang alot so ik how ppl actually talk.

[@eldredsashes]

I had to take Spanish for a quarter in seventh grade and it was a horrible experience for me. It was just to get me interested in taking first year Spanish the following year. The teacher taught using immersion and instead of getting me interested, it made me never want to study Spanish ever again. I do see immersion as a valid teaching method for those taking languages for a longer period. C’est la raison que j’ai décidé d’étudier le français au lycée.

[@doc_airsoft]

I absolutely love your language advice! I have some coworkers from Mexico (and now best friends/family) that work abroad at my cousins farm that I work for. They came in 3 years ago and they speak zero English, and I was speaking German at the time. I started learning some broken resemblance of Spanish to communicate with them at work, and I have felt that I make zero progress. I have to say that I absolutely love JiveWorld and LOVE those sound bites! And to immediately need to be speaking in my case, I would say that both speaking on day one and speaking to natives is incredibly helpful. I still freeze sometimes and have some speaking anxiety, but they know me well enough now to say "hey, what were you actually saying before you stopped" and we all work together. Learning Spanish has been one of the most important and enriching and exciting things in my life and I will never regret the day that I become fluent.

[@elyssespeaks]

ahhh don’t worry you’ll get it! :) and im glad you love JW!!

[@breadsalmon]

honestly i'm grateful for my school spanish classes. not that they were good - i've learnt more in six months of (somewhat passive) home study than 3 years of school classes - but i struggle with motivation to start languages. once i'm past the phase where i can barely introduce myself, i'm fine, but the fact that school forced me to get past that really helped

[@user-ly2ud3lk7j]

i'm learning english and i think this is valid advice for english learners too i should've known this when i started my english learning journey on which i have spent 100+ years i can't never go back so i shall stay at a low intermediate level forever

[@kimochiman]

Very cool! Great tips

[@Kafka-ez4vz]

do one for french and german pllllls

[@davidmmuench]

I'm 54-years-old and I'm just starting to try to learn Spanish. Gotta say so far it's daunting! 😬

[@melaniegrace7707]

I definitely count living in Florida as spending time in a Spanish speaking country (some say Florida is great because it’s so close to the U.S) but because the cultures are so blended here I really don’t know what dialogue to pick. I wish there was a course in South Florida Spanish 😂

[@mars-jr5uu]

Hii Melanie

[@agfhdl239]

I moved to Florida a couple of years ago and feel like I need to learn, that’s why I’m watching this video! I wish I could take South Florida Spanish as well!

[@roccoz2231]

@01:42 -- I can top it! Over the summer in Punta Cana, I asked the guy selling cigars on the beach if he had any "perros cubanos" instead of "puros cubanos." 🤭I was very embarazada. 😁

[@dspursuer]

wish I could sub to a lesson on any platform as a russian :/ basically learning spanish atm to finally move out of my country for good guess I'll try looking for a local offline course, hopefully we still have good teachers who have not fled yet

[@Rachel-dt7yt]

I like the font that you use here. I just I'm a reader & designer & teacher now

[@elyssespeaks]

it’s called Brixton!

[@SpanishLearn2024]

High school Spanish was the best experience of my life.

[@Eyestosee888]

NPR is good for learning English so Jiveworld, sounds legitimate!😊

[@aluada2692]

My maternal Language is portuguese, and since um a kid my parents put me on English courses and my process with English was very slowly, this courses take so long and it can be so frustrating. It was a very passive way of learning, once I enter college I ve decided to travel and spent some time in BC. It was revealing for me, my english developed so quickly. Mas não foi é uma língua que continuo praticando ativamente, consumo muito conteúdo em inglês mas não escrevo e falo muito pouco. Ese año empecé a estudiar español y estoy encantada con esta lengua. Estoy estudiando por conta própria, leyendo mucho, escuchando, es muy similar con portugués pero sus similaridades pueden confundirnos un montón. Pero ese trabajo más activo en que puedo sentir el progresso es tan gratificante. Muchas gracias por las tips !!

[@TokenTransPerson]

im venezulan and im trying to lean spanish so i can surprise my grandmother for her 70th lol

[@mericanreseller8425]

Hows your journey coming

[@AmaraAprende]

do you suggest devoting more words towards our “daily limit”on the vocab we acquire through stories or through the vocab we learn by category??

[@nanawritesstuff]

I feel like I'd definitel learnt Spanish better if I just picked another language at school (had to pick something other than English, had Russian, Latin, French and German as options) because it's not just that that kind of learning never worked for me (self-diagnosed ADHD person here) but also my Spanish class was like Harry Potter's defense against dark magic; we had different teachers every second semester because one decided she wants to teach at another school, one beat my classmate up, one couldn't handle the annoying, loud kids (neither could I), so I got a normal, proper teacher who tried to help us prepare for graduation in the year of the graduation (got a 3, or a C if you're American). Got accepted to university but wasn't accpted to the spanish special seminar and so got the language on hold for three years. Now I'm a young adult with a BA in English studies, goal is to become a translator, need second language certificate for master's degree, learn Spanish for a year while getting the certificate, tring to undo the damage high school did to my language knowledge xDD i feel like we are destined to suffer if we study Spanish, even though it's a beautiful language

[@THELORENZOTWINS7]

Girl, I love your nails!❤

[@esraaelsenosy9008]

I would have added : use comprehensive input method from day one it is the most useful thing everrrr start listening to native speakers early on so your brain is used to the sounds and the speed of the language ( even if you just understand a word from time to time ) when you are board try watching movies or listening to music just immerse yourself in the language

[@JohnFisk-OHS-78]

"... when you are bored, try watching movies..." LOL!! My wife caught me watching Peppa Pig en español.... I had LOT of explaining to do. ;-)

[@esraaelsenosy9008]

@@JohnFisk-OHS-78 A mí, me gusta bop esponja jajaa

[@thomasthomasthomas296]

comprehensible input method is defined as you knowing most of but not all of what you are hearing, but yes, immersing yourself is useful (but she does a really good job of leading you on without ever giving any input on getting started, so a fraud basically)

[@Okami_gris]

As someone who started to learn Spanish, I hope your tips will help!

[@shaclo1512]

check out the mini course from the YT channel "spanishwithpaul", it helped me a lot.

[@theezioazper7650]

I need to learn English too, if you want, I can help you learning Spanish and u can help me teaching English 🙂

[@fashionista101kt]

i think you should start speaking once your learn pronunciations! which i learned day 1 (kinda bc i’d already been exposed to spanish before like the LL and J) but i think it’s just important to start pronouncing correctly

[@ChichoPlayer1]

¿No es parecido aprende español que aprender inglés? ¿Aprenderte algunos verbos y como formular oraciones? Eso es lo basico pero creo que es un buen inicio 😅

[@thiagomartinsdacosta6328]

Amazing! I´m not fluent in Spanish. But Spanish is pretty close to portuguese. So I don´t have a problem to communicate to spanish speakers. As a native portuguese speakear I would learn english diferent too. I´m fluent in english. But I had a hard time to understand and pick up some sounds in english. If you want to learn a language you should learn the same way you learned your native language. First getting used to the sound of the language. That´s hard in the beginning. But with time and dedication you can achieve success.

[@alwayslearningmindset]

Back in middle school I legit chose French over Spanish (those were the only two choices) because I couldn’t roll my R’s. I then proceeded to learn three other languages before recently getting to Spanish. I figured out how to do the RR, and this is the most fun I’ve had studying a language. Wish I didn’t wait so long to learn Spanish, that’s my regret 😂

[@sarahhutchinson8659]

Thanks for the tips! I have been studying for a while and I agree with all of these. Although I have a really tough time resisting the urge to look up new vocab right away haha. I am curious what university you studied at to take local classes because i have been wanting to do something similar.

[@kirstenchavez2211]

I’m married to a Mati e Mexican. We have been together for 13 years and I’m just now learning the language. Our kids only speak English so I’m learning and also teaching them at the same time.

[@GeremiasLaterza]

I have been learning English for 5 years in an institute, but it didn't work as much as I wanted but now I am totally fluent in English, but it was because of me! I found a method called cause and effect. If you want to improve your speaking, start immersing yourself in English! Trust me, it'll work because it worked for me. I had my English exam yesterday, and I was a hundred percent sure that it was gonna be easy (it was), I didn't even study for it. So in summary, start immersing yourself if you want to be fluent. Or if you want to improve your writing start reading a lot. We call input to what we consume. Those things that your brain keeps, and we call output to our pronounciation, our brain creates learning patterns when we consume the language!

[@jhonyermo]

Jacket? In GuateMAYA they say CHUMPA! :-) Great video by the way. Especially the TOPIC TIP !! Great advice.

[@ib3scope]

Elysse, how did you train your brain/ears to discern spoken spanish, at conversational speed?

[@janainatemis2298]

is the same with me . I learned English so easily that i dont know how to teach others so well

[@williammajeri4329]

I would watch shows in original versions with subtitles like telenovelas, or American shows but with the Spanish audio

[@alexwendlinglive]

I think it’s weird the Duolingo says present tense is the same as gerund

[@tandanielle3875]

Thanks for the tip about learning verbs! I want to be able to say future plans like "I'm going to eat". so would that just be Voy a comer?

[@elyssespeaks]

Exactly! But learning “ir” in the present allows you to unlock a lot of tenses, like the near future “voy a”, I just “acabo de”, etc

[@theezioazper7650]

Hi, I can teach you Spanish if u teach me English, I want to learn too

[@carenj1657]

Yo estoy aprendiendo español, no es muy difícil para mí, porque hablo portugués y la gramática es parecida. Entonces, cuando leo un libro, comprendo. Tu video tiene valiosos consejos, pero para mí empezar a hablar es el gran desafío, porque comienzo a mezclar portugués con español. Aún así, sigo intentando aprender.:)

[@jennylim001]

I speak Spanish and I can understand 50% portugues

[@lilacfields]

quiero aprender portugués pero tengo miedo de hablar portuñol 😭😭 el portugués brasileño es hermoso ❤️

[@smartstrength4414]

The speaking thing is so funny, especially with how "comprehensible input" has become a meme in language learning circles. There is also "Comprehensible Output" which comes from Canada (where people learn French and English together all through school). The theory states that people learn language when they try to convey a message and fail, but get feedback (both internally and externally) to correct the error. I know you know this, but I suspect that there are many learners who do not understand that input without output leads to incomplete learning and long lasting errors, even in the context of immersion!

[@destinyberg0903]

I have a Spanish speaking friend and I practice with him

[@elyssespeaks]

practice all you can! 🫶

[@empress240]

I don't know why but I always struggle with vocab (probably because i really don't like studying) what are some apps or ways to learn spanish vocab anyone recommends?

[@cheweny8029]

not necessarily a trauma, but during high school I went to a real small school. genuinely small, less than 100 students. all our classes were mixed amongst grades so our studies remained at about a freshman level at most. because of this, despite taking three years of spanish, i made essentially no progress. what i did learn and retain was mostly from self study outside of class and even then, not having that in class time to practice with my peers really stunted what could've been actual proficiency.

[@johnnywalker4857]

Thanks for the video. Very helpful. Just a quick question: Is Google translator usually accurate for Spanish? Not sure if you ever use it, just wondering if it can be trusted.

[@author.gabrielavrivera]

2:37 I'm at the intermediate stage with my Spanish and I'm just nodding the whole time here lol. I SHOULD be speaking it but I'm so far behind in my speaking practice but ahead in my understanding practice.

[@caivail4614]

My Spanish trauma is that I grew up in a predominantly Puerto Rican American neighborhood, went to a bilingual Spanish/English elementary school, took Spanish in middle and high school (including AP Spanish sophomore year) and came out of ALL OF THAT with basically an A2 level of Spanish. The methods and textbooks they used were clearly not the best way, I should’ve been near fluent with all that. 20 years later, I’m willing to give it another go once I’ve hit B1 in German, seeing as I’ve already got a foundation I’m hoping it’ll be less painful. Plus, Netflix and KZbin and podcasts didn’t exist when I was a teenager. Should be a BIT more approachable this go round.

[@GlobalSpanishPortuguese]

Yes, I agree, the methodology is very important. And of course, the influence of teachers that motivate...we can help...

[@Joelluciano345]

Bro thank you so damn much as a no sabo kid who wants to learn Spanish so bad this video is just what I needed this shit is amazing

[@EMVelez]

“No sabo”? 🤨 you mean “no hablo”?

[@conconcon45]

how did you improve your accent because speaking is the hardest part for me

[@greicykelly7233]

i feel like i need someone to speak in spanish w me so bad rn, im in a phase of my learning process where idk what to study next/what exact level im in... im brazilian, so it seems easy sometimes, but it isnt... so, i think having contact w spanish speakers to practice would be sooo helpful, but i cant find someone :(

[@OzkAltBldgCo-bv8tt]

Language exchange Itaki Clozemaster

[@tylerstatham]

Where do you think is the best place to learn Spanish? Im on Duolingo currently but it doesn’t offer a Mexican Spanish (which is what I want to learn) and it is frustrating learning that some of the words I’m learning ate different in Mexican Spanish than what is represented on the app

[@filimonemaumane606]

hello, I'm from mozambique I'm still learning english by myself i don't wanna brag , but I'm proud of myself because, i do understand Spanish, cuz i think it's similar to Portuguese

[@polyglot2023]

Olá my fellow lusophone/Palop 💗

[@Joo0boz]

Speak from day 1 is the most important one !

[@rayzella13]

Where’s the place too find your level such as A1,B2 etc????

[@elyssespeaks]

there are a ton of free tests online! just search “Spanish CEFR test online”

[@ssouljagrl]

we learn -juvi verbs in my spanish (spanish 2) class and i have no idea if its actually useful lollll cus we also learn lots of dialects (like spain)

[@greasygorl8364]

what i struggle with is i just don't know what to DO.... like duolingo is good for vocab but i dont feel like im truly learning, i listen to spanish music, but im no where advanced enough to watch shows or listen to stories so i usually get frustrated and change it. any ideas for me?

[@lifewanabelle]

my grandparents speak spanish but they know english too, my parents are also fluent in spanish. My parents didn’t really teach me and my brothers. well sometimes they do but only certain words. me and my brothers always ask them to just speak it in front of us so we learn better but they don’t always do. one of the main reasons they didn’t teach us that much is bc my oldest brother is hard of hearing and they want us to learn ASL so in case we ever need to interrupt for him. i really want to learn spanish since i’ve always wanted to learn it and i wanna be in duo language some ether teachers are really nice and i have so many friends in them. i’m starting off on duolingo but i want to learn spanish from mexico but they only have it from spain. i’m gonna use it for the start but does anyone know if they have it from mexico? i’m committed to learn this

[@jaysonemile6633]

What language do you prefer Portuguese and Spanish?

[@wildtooth1]

Damn one day ago? I haven't look into your channel but at this point it seems serendipitous that your vid was one of the first to pop up with my search. I feel like I'm pretty lucky as the place I work at has 90% latin people who don't speak a lick of English, not to mention they're all from different countries (Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela,). So I'm getting a pretty well rounded exposure to all dialects each 12 hour shift. The one thing I can say is not to pick whatever dialect Venezuela is as I realize there are a good amount of words that nobody understands except them while the other hand all words I haven't learned from a venezuelan everyone understands. Friggin baldé, gancho, y coño de la Madre nope I'm sticking with cubeta arro y chin...ga tu madre 🤦 Pero, estoy divertiendo con aprendo español! (Still ain't figured out palabras ordering, I just know adjectives come last🤣)

[@voha2806]

Really nice tips for learn any language. I am excited how many languages you study (guess you have strong logics and intuition mind, hi MBTI🤩) By the way does anybody know good equivalents of such great books in spanish: McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idioms and The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English? Greetings from Ukraine.

[@samuelsantos3154]

Hey, Elysse! Nice talking to you. I'm Brazilian, and I'm learning English. I am watching a lot of conversations in English everyday, studying vocabulary and grammar rules. Although I speak Portuguese since I was born because I am Brazilian, English is the language that I love more than the others. And the reason for this is because I really love the Rock n Roll bands from your country. I mean, their songs are an important part of my life. I appreciate this amazing lesson you shared with me. Thank you very much. And last but not least, I would like to ask you for you to make vídeos speaking Spanish and only Spanish, from the begining until the end. It would help me to learn this language too. It's very hard to find Spanish conversation on KZbin. Vou esperar, viu? Obrigado mais uma vez. Até a próxima. Boa noite. Se cuida.

[@medalgearsalad1419]

As a person that's just starting out, I've been told to avoid Chilean spanish. Native speakers have told me Chileans are very hard to understand, it makes learning it 10x more difficult. This kinda sucks to hear because I'll be stationed in Chile next year and wanna learn as much as I can asap.

[@ChichoPlayer1]

Lo que pasa es que hablan muy rápido y además cambian las últimas letras de algunas palabras, esas dos cosas sumadas las hace difíciles de entender... Pero eh... Sigue siendo español 👉👈

[@olyarosscy3873]

I have had a conversation with Chilean and could say that it isn't that hard. Just relax and try to understand the context. Additionally, mostly they are really nice people and could repeat more slowly and clear if you're struggling.

[@LearnWithLilibeth]

You may have a different perspective once you immerse yourself and fall in love with what discourages other people. Let us know how it goes after a few months =) 5:08